Ian the Musical Hat Maker was on the
television set last night as they were showing an old Old Grey Whistle Test
(when I say old Old I just mean Old and that it was an old one). Anyway Ian the
Musical Hat Maker was a member of Brinsley Schwarz and wrote songs for them and
can be found in loads of places in cyberspace even in wikipedia, Well Cool. He
is a very nice man and has many musical hats, although I don’t think he has a
punk one yet?
First thing this morning I
had to go into the main square and do a couple of things, get milk, sell a one
legged Budgerigar and his mate, point at clouds and stuff etc. I was only meant
to be a few minutes and then go home, but you can’t do that in Montgomery in the main square. Firstly there
was Charlie Chaplin standing about trying to do the Charleston only he has no feet so found it
extremely difficult. Then Miss Vicky the Proof Reader was in town guarding an
old bell which rumour has it was recovered from the wreck of the first pirate
ship to reach the shores of the lake in the middle of town a long time ago.
Then people would start
talking to me sort of:-
HELLO ROB HOW ARE YOU
Hello fine
OOOOOOO HAVE YOU SEEN
CHARLIE CHAPLIN HE’S RUBBISH AT DANCING
Yes I
AND HE ONCE HAD A LIFT IN
THE BACK OF MY TAXI
Really I
O YES LOVELY MAN WAS A
FRIEND OF MICHAEL CAINE, YOU KNOW THE CHAP WHO MADE THAT FILM ABOUT WHATS HIS
NAME …………… …………….. PRESIDENT CARTER
Are you sure you don’t
mean
O YES HE WAS ONCE IN MY
CAB BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT ……… HA HAH HAHH AHHAHAHA
Well I must
HOWS THE NICE CAPTAIN
NESSMAN THESE DAYS IS HE STILL DOING MAD THINGS AT SEA
Well
THE WEATHER IS NOT THE
SAME THESE DAYS IS IT I BLAME THAT NAPOLEON BEELZEBUB, YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD
GIVE US A HEAT WAVE RATHER THAN RAIN
Yes rain is
ANYWAY YOU MUST STOP
CHATTING ROB I HAVE LOTS TO DO AND YOU ARE STOPPING ME DOING THEM
OK bye then
AND HOW IS YOUR MUM THESE
DAYS IS SHE WELL
Yes she said you’re an
IDIOT
AH ………………………………………… MUST
GO BYE THEN MASTER ROB
Bye
And so it went through the
morning, I met loads of people this morning and arrived back home at 2:00pm
instead of 10:30am. The dog thought is was very amusing indeed and said IF YOU
SPEAK LATIN TO THEM THEY WOULD ALL RUN AWAY, but they run away from the dog
because he has red eyes huge fangs and snarls at them in Latin which is not
quite the same.
This afternoon we were at the
recycling skips and threw out loads of total rubbish but we noticed that there
was a large number of old cutlass’s, anchors and chains in the metal recycling
which the man said were thrown in yesterday by a mad old pirate who kept
hissing at him.
So that’s it I can’t write
any more because Sooty the cat is trying to lick me and you will get bored. We
don’t want that after the run away success of book one. OK it is not a book yet
but then neither is Latin for Dogs, which is why most of them are rubbish at
Latin........
Paul Nessman I didn't know that "Pub
Rock" was a musical genre...Thank you for helping me to learn something
new today, Robby! I wonder if it is like Punk Rock...they are spelled the
same...nearly. This Ian Gomm chap is listed as one of Brinsley Schwarz's
members...haven't I heard that name in one of your archives?
Indeed
you have Captain Nessman. Ian the Musical Hat Maker is the singer in the
following clip from The Old Grey Whistle Test. He lives about 15 miles away and
is a very nice chap as is his wife Auntie Karen ........ only she is not a chap.
And I think this song was written for Auntie Karen too so she quite likes it.
Paul Nessman It is similar to what we call
'Southern Rock' over here in the USA . It is much easier to simply
call it all Rock & Roll, in my opinion. Thank you for sharing, Robby!
Cheers...or should I say, Goodnight Irene :)
Well
to most North of the Watford Gap; Chas and Dave are Southern Rock. Not quite
the same cool street cred as Brinsley Schwarz, but richer.
I
once sold a birthday Card to Albert Lee in Napoleon Beelzebub's Very Strange
Victorian Curiosity Shop ...... Its a strange world. …….. (I think it was a
Christmas card as it happens.)
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